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...what about retaliating for an Iraqi chemical or biological strike by going after civilians? There are circumstances that military theorists believe justify a breach of the hands-off rule on noncombatants. This would be a situation in which a country faces not just defeat but the destruction of its people, society or culture as, for instance, Britain did at the hands of the Nazis in the early 1940s. But the allied attacks on German cities such as Dresden toward the end of World War II are now widely considered unwarranted because it was clear by then that the allies would...
...troops pinned down and launch a secondary thrust along the Persian Gulf coast. But the main assault could be a left hook: an attack around the western tip of Kuwait into Iraq proper, looping back to cut off the dug-in troops. As for tactics, the primary way to breach the fortifications would be simply to try to blast a way through with aerial bombs. If that does not work, combat engineers would use "line charges" -- bombs thrown out on cables to form a string of close-together explosions -- to break through obstacles. Tanks fitted with bulldozer blades would then...
...entire 387 minutes that U.S. Secretary of State James Baker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz met in Geneva last week, a brown manila envelope lay unopened on the table, mute testimony to the breach between their positions. The package contained a letter from President Bush to Saddam Hussein conveying in stark terms Washington's determination to see Iraq leave Kuwait. Baker had given Aziz a photocopy of the letter at the outset of the meeting. As Baker and the 16 other officials present looked on, the Iraqi read the message slowly, his hands trembling. Finally, he said he could...
...Harvard men's basketball team got a taste of left-coast hoops over break at the Long Breach Classic. The Crimson faced off with Southern California in its opening game. As Harvard Coach Peter Roby said, "We don't see too many teams like USC in the Ivy League...
When U.S. troops rushed to Panama's National Police Headquarters two weeks ago to confront a small-scale revolt, they did so without waiting for President Guillermo Endara to ask for help. The reason for the breach of diplomatic procedure? At least four American military officers, including James Steele, head of the U.S. military support group in Panama, were in the building when the rebellion began. After American troops surrounded the headquarters, the officers were allowed to leave. The U.S. embassy then helped Endara make a request...